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Originally Posted by Lebell
To raise a child and purposefully not instruct them in whatever belief structure you have developed leaves them rudderless.
Proper instruction will give them a moral compass and at the same time, encourage them to build their own as they get older.
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I don't think there is anything wrong with raising your child up in the church that you attend, and exposing them to your beliefs... It makes perfect sense to me. If I believe in God, the Bible, or Muhammad, the Koran, and I am a follower of God, it's obviously because I have found that my belief system has brought me understanding, peace, happiness - all things that as a good, loving parent I'd want for their children.
If on the other hand I'm just a fair weather Charlie Church, like most of you are, not really having any real emotional spiritual stake in that faith, then I probably wouldn't really care if my children were exposed to that religion. If it means little to me, then I suppose I wouldn't really get my children into it.